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Monterey Bay

CRC-12572 – Residency

14th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-12572
CRC-12572 Confirmed in the catalog @31867
Aug 31 – Nov 24, 2019 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Aug – Nov 2019

148 m
Deepest dive
6:44
Longest dive
172
Dives
Sightings
14
Days between first and last sighting
85

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Aug 31, 2019120 m16.1°C21 m
Sep 1, 201962 m15.9°C44 m
Sep 3, 201986 m15.6°C60 m
Oct 8, 2019146 m15.1°C117 m
Oct 14, 201944 m14.6°C40 m
Oct 16, 201957 m14.0°C26 m
Oct 20, 2019567 m13.5°C21 m
Oct 22, 201993 m14.6°C85 m
Oct 25, 201972 m14.5°C41 m
Oct 28, 2019170 m13.2°C147 m
Nov 2, 2019170 m13.6°C84 m
Nov 3, 2019227 m14.3°C56 m
Nov 10, 2019169 m14.2°C136 m
Nov 24, 2019567 m14.0°C148 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Aug 31, 2019 — seafloor 120 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Aug 31Sep 1, 2019 — seafloor 62 m (measured), deepest dive 44 m (modelled)Sep 3, 2019 — seafloor 86 m (measured), deepest dive 60 m (modelled)Oct 8, 2019 — seafloor 146 m (measured), deepest dive 117 m (modelled)Oct 8Oct 14, 2019 — seafloor 44 m (measured), deepest dive 40 m (modelled)Oct 16, 2019 — seafloor 57 m (measured), deepest dive 26 m (modelled)Oct 20, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 21 m (modelled)Oct 20Oct 22, 2019 — seafloor 93 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)Oct 25, 2019 — seafloor 72 m (measured), deepest dive 41 m (modelled)Oct 28, 2019 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 147 m (modelled)Oct 28Nov 2, 2019 — seafloor 170 m (measured), deepest dive 84 m (modelled)Nov 3, 2019 — seafloor 227 m (measured), deepest dive 56 m (modelled)Nov 10, 2019 — seafloor 169 m (measured), deepest dive 136 m (modelled)Nov 10Nov 24, 2019 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 148 m (modelled)

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

148 m
Deepest dive
6:44
Longest dive
172
Dives
25 m
Avg dive depth
14
Sightings
85
Days first → last

Dive metrics are modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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Dive profile

modelled
075150148 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · Nov 24, 2019

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
14.0°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 14 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
44 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
13.2°C – 16.1°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 14 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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